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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1954
Page
8
Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with minister E G Steinman. Many local residents hosted and attended gatherings, visits, and meals across West Union Cedar Falls and Garnaville as families celebrated birthdays, concerts, and church events amid extended family and friends.
Mrs Ern Meyer and Mrs Harry Reichert and J M Gehring visited Martin Hanson Saturday. Joan Friederich overnighted with Nancy Larson last Thursday. Billy Slaughter of McGregor called at Christen home Tuesday evening. Albert L Dennler family were supper guests in Harry Butihofer home Saturday. Will Christen family and Jacob Christen dined with Frank Christen Sunday. Mrs Clarence Hofer rested Wednesday afternoon with Will Rainey. Ernest Christen Lucy Christen and Clara Muehenthaler spent Friday with Robert Lehman at Palmer Memorial hospital in West Union. surgery performed.
Multiple small gatherings report visits among Kjosa Olson Loftsgard Reierson Hellum and Eb ertling families in Postville Edgewood and nearby homes. Community chili supper planned and Luther League appeals for food and cash. Dairy industry note stresses flavor in milk affects repeat sales and mentions fat absorbs flavors and removal limits.
Ear-watch your little pigs and keep records on them. This way you can pick out your best gifts for next year's breeding sows.
A rural note discusses substitutions for corn in county rationing, urging substitutes to cover one third of the feed. It mentions Mark Buchheit as county attorney and notes a sink-type garbage disposal aids rural households while warning about septic tank capacity for extra waste. It also covers egg price trends and pest control with lindane, benzene hexachloride, rotenone, DDT, and related cautions.
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